MR. O'CONNOR POWERasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What decision has been arrived at in reference to the proposals laid before His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant by a deputation of the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops on the 9th of January last, and which relate to the distress in the West of Ireland, and the condition of the small farmers in that part of the Country?
§ MR. TREVELYANsaid, that this question had interested the Irish Office very much; but the answer to it would, he thought, come in official form from the Treasury, with whom the decision rested.
MR. O'CONNOR POWERsaid, he hoped that if the hon. Member for Longford (Mr. Justin M'Carthy) moved the Amendment of which he had given Notice, the Chief Secretary would take the opportunity, in the further stages of the debate on the Address, to give the House some information on this subject.